IMPROVING THE PREDICTIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF PEER RATINGS
Abstract
low scores on peer ratings of leadership potential have been shown to predict failure to complete the Naval Air Training Program. It is hypothesized here, however, that low peer ratings awarded by reason of anti-social personality traits are invalid as predictors of training failure and that the predictiveness of low peer ratings would be improved by removing such cases from the sample. Of 278 low-rated cadets, 73 were identified as having been low- rated for anti-social reasons. There were significantly fewer failures to complete training among these men than among men who were low-rated for other reasons. On the basis of these findings it is recommended that any administrator utilizing a student's low peer rating score as an aid in deciding his probability of successfully completing the flight program consider the reasons given for the low rating.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 14, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0263916
Entities
People
- A. A. Longo
- R. E. Doll